The Ezekiel Airship
Baptist minister and inventor Burrell Cannon (1848-1922) led some Pittsburg investors to establish the Ezekiel airship Company and build a craft described in the Biblical book of Ezekiel. The ship had large, fabric-covered wings powered by an engine that turned four sets of paddles. It was built in a nearby machine shop and was briefly airborne at this site late in 1902, a year before the Wright brothers first flew. Enroute to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the airship was destroyed by a storm. In 1913 a second model crashed, and the Rev. Cannon gave up the project. (1976)
32.9925° N, 94.9691° W
Where to Find It
Fulton at S. Market streets, near railroad tracks
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi N Cotton Belt Depot Pittsburg
- 0.2 mi N Shootout at the Pittsburg Depot Pittsburg
- 0.2 mi NE Site of First Carnegie Library in Texas Pittsburg
- 0.2 mi N Pittsburg Pittsburg
- 0.2 mi NE W. L. Garrett Building Pittsburg
- 0.2 mi W Saint Beulah Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Pittsburg